2012 Everglades to Okefenokee
1000 Miles in 100 Days
Everglades to Okefenokee 2012 Expedition
1000 Miles in 100 Days
The team traversed the Everglades ecosystem into Big Cypress, over to the Everglades Agricultural Area, back to the Okaloacoochee Slough, across the Caloosahatchee, over to Babcock Ranch, back along Fisheating Creek toward Lake Okeechobee, up the Kissimmee River with excursions toward the Lake Wales Ridge, up the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes, east around Orlando into Ocala National Forest, and ended at the Okefenokee Swamp on the Georgia/Florida border.. and north along the O2O corridor (Ocala to Osceola) to Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

“We want to show the world that it is still possible for a human or a bear to travel through green space from the Everglades at the southern tip to the Okefenokee Swamp in the north.”
– Carlton Ward
Why The Expedition?
The team’s goals were to bring attention to the need to connect these now disjointed wild areas, especially around road barriers. This is accomplished through a statewide network of support.
Everglades to Okefenokee
Expedition Team
Thank you to those who helped make our Expedition possible!
Sponsors




The Felburn Foundation
Culbreath Family Foundation
Burton Family Foundation
The Spurlino Foundation
Partners
1000 Friends of Florida
Adams Ranch
Archbold Biological Station
Audubon of Florida
Conservation Trust for Florida
Department of Defense
Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
Florida Wildlife Federation
The Nature Conservancy
Tucker/Hall
University of Florida Geo-Plan Center
Wildlands Conservation
World Wildlife Fund